api.SerialPort - Supported in Chrome Android since v138
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Description
What type of issue is this?
Incorrect support data (example: BrowserX says "86" but support was added in "40")
What information was incorrect, unhelpful, or incomplete?
Request to update the browser compatibility table for Web Serial API.
SerialPort is supported in Android by Chrome, but it is not displayed in the table.
What browsers does this problem apply to, if applicable?
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What did you expect to see?
The full port is from version chrome 138
Did you test this? If so, how?
https://developer.chrome.com/docs/capabilities/serial
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/serial-over-bluetooth
https://developer.chrome.com/blog/bluetooth-rfcomm-updates-web-serial
I have followed the steps, and it works on Android as shown in the link.
Can you link to any release notes, bugs, pull requests, or MDN pages related to this?
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MDN URL
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SerialPort
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api.SerialPort - Report started: 2025-09-12T14:35:51.413Z
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the MDN SerialPort page and the linked Chrome documentation, then inspect the current compatibility data for api.SerialPort. Confirm the Android Chrome support version and update the table so support begins at Chrome 138; done means the data accurately reflects the cited behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- documentation
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 2/5
- Estimated time
- 1-3 hours
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100